So having said for months that new non-classic figures would be in 3 3/4” scale... and so far only making one wave of them... CO are bringing out a 5” scale John Hurt War Doctor figure.
Which looks great!
And it comes with a short-haired Paul McGann head as well. I will not be the only one looking for a better body for it to go on, as this is clearly Hurt’s body.
Not sure what changed their minds. Glad something did.
(I suppose a Clara figure is too much to hope for...?)
Thursday, 5 December 2013
The Cover Of The Time Of The Doctor
New DWM cover. Restates how big the stakes are. Might have something to say about the regeneration numbering issue.
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
The Time Of The Doctor...
... is one hour, starting at 7.30pm Christmas Day on BBC One.
And two weeks after the anniversary multi-cover giant issues, the Radio Times has a preview on the cover with a Matt Smith interview.
And (spoiler, despite being on the biggest magazine in the country, because I remember the reveal of Sec)...
And two weeks after the anniversary multi-cover giant issues, the Radio Times has a preview on the cover with a Matt Smith interview.
And (spoiler, despite being on the biggest magazine in the country, because I remember the reveal of Sec)...
Such a small thing
Google has been busy Doodling since the anniversary, with Doodles for St. Andrew’s Day, the opera singer Maria Callas and Carlos Juan Finlay, the Cuban scientist who worked out that yellow fever was spread by mosquitoes.
Not even going to try and connect all of those together...
But a single breakthrough like that can have massive repercussions through history, changing the development of pandemics and their treatment.
The classic easily-changed result here is penicillin, discovered because of a Petri dish left by an open window. It would be very easy for someone to come along and close it...
Not even going to try and connect all of those together...
But a single breakthrough like that can have massive repercussions through history, changing the development of pandemics and their treatment.
The classic easily-changed result here is penicillin, discovered because of a Petri dish left by an open window. It would be very easy for someone to come along and close it...
Monday, 2 December 2013
Alastair Reynolds
SF author and former ESA astronomer Alastair Reynolds on the influence of Doctor Who on TV, society, and his own work up to and including his Who novel Harvest Of Time.
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Greys. Faeries and the Pied Piper
A DWAITAS thread about Greys as villains got me thinking about a historical connecting them with the earlier fear of being taken by faeries. Which reminded me of a story my brother wrote about primitive Greys living in deep caves.
And that also made me think of the Pied Piper. And that made me think of the time a Dire Wraith played the part in ROM: Spaceknight.
And that also made me think of the Pied Piper. And that made me think of the time a Dire Wraith played the part in ROM: Spaceknight.
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
The Lord of Docclare escaped the Palladin Hordes in the CADESAE
Have now read the anniversary issue of DWM, as it is probably safe to do so. And one of its main features is about Anthony Coburn, writer of An Unearthly Child, and his earlier drafts of that first script. Like the early drafts of Star Wars which are now being adapted into comics, they show a familiar but rather different world.
This happens, for one thing.
And it gets weirder from there.
This happens, for one thing.
And it gets weirder from there.
The Culture Show: Me, You And Doctor Who
Matthew Sweet charts where it came from and where it’s taken us.
Better get it on iPlayer while you can!
Better get it on iPlayer while you can!
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